Ebook: From Semiconductors to Proteins: Beyond the Average Structure

This series of books, which is published at the rate of about one per year, addresses fundamental problems in materials science. The contents cover a broad range of topics from small clusters of atoms to engineering materials and involve chemistry, physics, materials science, and engineering, with length scales ranging from Angstroms up to millimeters. The emphasis is on basic science rather than on applications. Each book focuses on a single area of current interest and brings together leading experts to give an up-to-date discussion of their work and the work of others. Each article contains enough references that the interested reader can access the relevant literature. Thanks are given to the Center for Fundamental Materials Research at Michigan State University for supporting this series. M.F. Thorpe, Series Editor E-mail: [email protected] East Lansing, Michigan, November 200 I v PREFACE The study of the atomic structure of crystalline materials began at the beginning of the twentieth century with the discovery by Max von Laue and by W.H. and W.L. Bragg that crystals diffract x-rays. At that time, even the existence of atoms was controversial.

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This workshop brought together researchers from materials science, physics, chemistry and biochemistry with interests in determining the structure of substances beyond their average crystal structure. Materials where this is important range from semiconductor alloys to proteins in solution. The workshop featured pedagogical talks on the analysis of diffuse scattering from single crystals and powders, XAFS, NMR, small angle scattering and other techniques which reveal additional information about materials beyond that obtained by Bragg analysis. Theory plays a special role in such studies because of the difficulty of extracting and interpreting information from these techniques.

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This workshop brought together researchers from materials science, physics, chemistry and biochemistry with interests in determining the structure of substances beyond their average crystal structure. Materials where this is important range from semiconductor alloys to proteins in solution. The workshop featured pedagogical talks on the analysis of diffuse scattering from single crystals and powders, XAFS, NMR, small angle scattering and other techniques which reveal additional information about materials beyond that obtained by Bragg analysis. Theory plays a special role in such studies because of the difficulty of extracting and interpreting information from these techniques.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-x
Analysis of Single-Crystal Diffuse X-Ray Scattering via Automatic Refinement of a Monte Carlo Model....Pages 1-22
Medium-Range Atomic Correlation from the PDF Analysis....Pages 23-32
X-Ray Truncation Rod Analysis of the Reversible Temperature Dependent Surface Structure of LAALO3 ....Pages 33-47
Local Dislocation Structure from Laue Diffraction....Pages 49-66
Processes of Self-Organization during Epitaxial Growth of Semiconductor Superlattices — An X-Ray Scattering Study....Pages 67-83
Total Scattering and Reverse Monte Carlo Modelling of Disordered Crystalline Materials....Pages 85-103
Notes on the Analysis of Data for Pair Distribution Functions....Pages 105-128
Local Structure: The Realm of the Chemist?....Pages 129-152
From Crystals to Nanocrystals: Semiconductors and Beyond....Pages 153-168
Structural Modeling of Nanoporous Carbon: A Review of Approaches to Simulating an Aperiodic and Non-Equilibrium Solid....Pages 169-181
The Structure of Jahn-Teller Polarons in the Colossal Magnetoresistive Manganites....Pages 183-202
Energy Dispersive X-Ray Absorption Spectroscopy; A Tool for Time Resolved Structural Studies of Chemical Reactions in Solution....Pages 203-218
Experimental Determination of the Structures of Complex Liquids: Beyond the PDF....Pages 219-244
X-Ray Absorption Spectroscopy Studies of Non-Polar Solute Hydration Structure....Pages 245-256
High Resolution Diffuse X-Ray Scattering by Protein Crystals — From hkl to 000....Pages 257-278
Back Matter....Pages 279-287

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This workshop brought together researchers from materials science, physics, chemistry and biochemistry with interests in determining the structure of substances beyond their average crystal structure. Materials where this is important range from semiconductor alloys to proteins in solution. The workshop featured pedagogical talks on the analysis of diffuse scattering from single crystals and powders, XAFS, NMR, small angle scattering and other techniques which reveal additional information about materials beyond that obtained by Bragg analysis. Theory plays a special role in such studies because of the difficulty of extracting and interpreting information from these techniques.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-x
Analysis of Single-Crystal Diffuse X-Ray Scattering via Automatic Refinement of a Monte Carlo Model....Pages 1-22
Medium-Range Atomic Correlation from the PDF Analysis....Pages 23-32
X-Ray Truncation Rod Analysis of the Reversible Temperature Dependent Surface Structure of LAALO3 ....Pages 33-47
Local Dislocation Structure from Laue Diffraction....Pages 49-66
Processes of Self-Organization during Epitaxial Growth of Semiconductor Superlattices — An X-Ray Scattering Study....Pages 67-83
Total Scattering and Reverse Monte Carlo Modelling of Disordered Crystalline Materials....Pages 85-103
Notes on the Analysis of Data for Pair Distribution Functions....Pages 105-128
Local Structure: The Realm of the Chemist?....Pages 129-152
From Crystals to Nanocrystals: Semiconductors and Beyond....Pages 153-168
Structural Modeling of Nanoporous Carbon: A Review of Approaches to Simulating an Aperiodic and Non-Equilibrium Solid....Pages 169-181
The Structure of Jahn-Teller Polarons in the Colossal Magnetoresistive Manganites....Pages 183-202
Energy Dispersive X-Ray Absorption Spectroscopy; A Tool for Time Resolved Structural Studies of Chemical Reactions in Solution....Pages 203-218
Experimental Determination of the Structures of Complex Liquids: Beyond the PDF....Pages 219-244
X-Ray Absorption Spectroscopy Studies of Non-Polar Solute Hydration Structure....Pages 245-256
High Resolution Diffuse X-Ray Scattering by Protein Crystals — From hkl to 000....Pages 257-278
Back Matter....Pages 279-287
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